System keeps rebooting on high settings

[britinthehague]

If your PSU is only 180W then that's definitely it. What happens is that when you raise the graphics higher the graphics card consumes more power and thus the system shuts down due to lack of power.

Thanks. But why would amnesia dark descent be ok on very high then?

[plutomaniac]

If your PSU is only 180W then that's definitely it. What happens is that when you raise the graphics higher the graphics card consumes more power and thus the system shuts down due to lack of power.

Thanks. But why would amnesia dark descent be ok on very high then?

The pigs are more demanding at higher settings. Well, either way you power supply is very weak for pretty much anything these days.